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I’ve been fortunate to cover student-athletes in this great community for around 30 years and every now and then when someone shares some news with me it really hits me hard. Such was the case on Tuesday afternoon when I heard of the passing of Andre “Spooney” Bonner...

Seven suspects were arrested Saturday night after Bedford County deputies answering a call of a "disturbance" discovered a large cockfighting event at a Railroad Road farm. "It's the largest event of this type I've ever heard of here," Chief Deputy Jason Williams, a local native who has worked in law enforcement since the mid-1990s, said...

There's one term well known by most Bedford County farmers, "Book It!" When agriculture producers use this term, it generally means that farmers are going to "book" a certain percentage of crops known to be in the profit margins. "This is something that Bedford County farmers are good at," according to John Teague, county extension director. "Their goal is to try and get an average crop income in the upper 20-25 percent as the market progresses."...

Thomas Magnet School Principal Tracy Watson fist-bumps a fourth grader as kids file through the front door the first day of school. A fist bump, also known as a bro-fist, power five, PIB as in pound it bro, or pibbys, is a gesture familiar to most kids...

As the pilot emerged from her 1967 Cessna 150 on the tarmac at Shelbyville Municipal Airport on Friday, she received an unusual welcome – a round of applause. The pilot, Sunflower Ross, had just completed her first solo flight. “I’m alive,” she said, “I didn’t die.”...

An intruder at his estranged wife's Temple Ford Road home was being held Thursday on three counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated burglary, Jacob William Kilpatrick. 28, was arrested Wednesday, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said. Kilpatrick allegedly showed up uninvited July 22 and shoved the woman to enter the home as she stood outside, the BCSO said. ...

Karen Inman remembers the rush felt when riding into the Celebration ring for the first time on a world champion steed briskly exhaling. She can still hear her husband, Mike Inman, say ‘hit the flat,’ as in, walk. And who could forget the cheering crowds as horses hit the big lick around the ring...

A suspect who allegedly walked into a home July 30 and stole prescription drugs and a cellphone was arrested Tuesday, The victim told the Bedford County Sheriff's Office he awoke to discover the drugs and phone missing from his residence in the 2500 block of Highway 64 West. A tracker app traced the phone to Whitaker Road, where the victim and his son say they found it and the drugs in the hands of Samantha M. Ahnefeld, 25, of Sims Road...

Food trucks are all the rage today. And we're not talking just concession fast food but gourmet dishes from a portable restaurant. When I go to the Franklin Farmers Market I used to always stop by one of the trucks for a crepe -- sometimes savory and sometimes sweet but always fun and interesting with fresh ingredients from the market. Apples and brie cheese or roasted sweet potatoes, it was always good. Unfortunately the truck is no longer in operation...

"Every room in the house was completely ransacked," said Shelbyville police of a Church Street home where a burglary was discovered in long-term progress Monday. The unoccupied home was filled with bags of electronic items awaiting removal and other items from various rooms. Lawn and farm equipment from a nearby outbuilding were also awaiting removal...